I need that book.

I can pick it up for you at Comic-Con if you remind me.

I'll have to talk to my Pixar connection to get one of those. That Silence of the Lambs bit is genius.

Ahhh, the Pornies. I had forgotten. So much Buffista lore gone by the wayside.

I remember when I was running deathmatches during my lunch hour and we'd all get into a fever waiting for somebody to get back from lunch to cast a deciding vote.

I can pick it up for you at Comic-Con if you remind me.

Ooh. That sounds like a plan!

That Silence of the Lambs bit is genius.

Too bad he used the wrong "its."

Too bad he used the wrong "its."

Whoops. And usually I notice those, as that's a peeve of mine.

It could be part of the lesson: "See, children, if you don't use good grammar, you'll become a serial killer."

Simple Bullshit Blocker

From a while ago, Aims, I like "Word Wars", I especially find it amusing that, in addition to the "mama's basement" type dudes you might expect, one was vaguely cornerboy, from West Baltimore. It also amused me that several aggrieved mothers complained about his language and talking about chronic, but thanks to my other fannish interests, I barely noticed. I think I might be what's wrong with America or something. Hec, I like Cheech and Chong. No shame in that game. You could always be stuck with the friggin' Disability Experience in America, which from here, is beginning to feel like that procedural cliche of "hours of boredom, enlivened by moments of terror"

The other Barbara I've come across who has my maiden name has a Ph.D., MPH, & an M.Ed., so I feel fairly slacktastic in comparison.

The other Barbara who shares my married name is a children's book illustrator.

I don't get any other Caridads with either permutation, but another Caridad who is also an author once threatened to sue me to get me to stop using the name as my pen name because she was "building a brand around the name" and I was clearly trying to poach her readers and territory. Never mind that she writes adult paranormal and romantic suspense and I... don't.

It was just bad luck that we shared the same agent at the time.

Nobody else has my full name. Which makes google awkward. Cause it's all me.